Toilet article.



P. H. WATSON.

TOILET ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED-811F129, 1908.

958,339. Patented May 17, E910.

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PHILIP H. WATSON, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOILET ARTICLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. TATSON,

citizen of the United States, residing at Leo-- minster, in the countyof Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulToilet Article, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toilet article for holding the hair, or forholding articles on the hair. It is particularly adapted for use onhair-pins, combs, and the like, but is capable of general use for thepurposes above indicated.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide means wherebywithout pulling, unduly compressing, or otherwise injuring the hair, anarticle of this character will be so constructed that when once appliedto the hair it will have a firm hold thereon and will not easily bedisplaced in use; and to provide such a structure in a simple andconvenient form so that it can be manufactured at small expense and willnot have any complicated moving parts which have to be manipulated bythe user, or which are likely to get out of order in use.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figures 1and 2 are front views of two forms of hair-pins constructed inaccordance with this invention; and Fig. 3 is a similar view showing acomb made in accordance with this invention with a slight modification.

The invention is intended to be applied to an article of the characterdescribed above, which has legs, teeth, or other hair engagingprojections. In the form shown in Fig. 1, for example, the hair pin 10has two straight legs or teeth 11, one of which is entirely unmodified,and in the other of which are formed two slanting holes 12. These holesin this form of the invention do not extend clear through the leg, butare bored in such oppositely slanting directions that a piece of wire 13may be inserted therein, and will be firmly held in the holes on accountof the angle thereof. The wire assumes a bowshape and projectssubstantially in contact Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 29, 1908.

Patented May 17, 1910.

Serial No. 455,247.

with the next leg, so that when applied to the hair either for holdingthe hair, or for holding other articles on the hair, it will stay inplace with very little danger of coming loose.

In the form shown in Fig. 2 no holes are bored in the leg of the pin,but a celluloid, horn, or other bow-shaped piece 14: is cemented, glued,or otherwise secured to the inside of one of the legs, and acts in thesame manner as described above.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, it is applied to a comb16. In this case it is placed preferably on the inner sides of the endteeth or hair engaging projections 17. This form of the invention shownconsists of a wire 18 substantially the same as the wire 13 describedabove, but one of the holes 19 extends clear through the tooth so thatthat end of the wire is capable of movement, and thus constitutes aspring. This gives an additional efliciency for certain purposes, aswill readily be understood.

The invention can be applied to horn, rubber, celluloid or even metaltoilet articles, and the bow-shaped member may be made of any suitablematerial.

While I have illustrated and described only a few forms of the inventionand shown it as applied only to two toilet articles, it will be readilyunderstood that it is capable of being carried out in many other formsthan that shown and is applicable to various other devices withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the particular forms orapplications shown, bu

What I do claim is 1. An article of the class described, having aplurality of hair engaging projections, one of them being provided alongthe inner side thereof with a bow-shaped member having a convex sideextending substantially into contact with an adjacent projection, saidbow-shaped member being secured at one end to the first named projectionat a certain point and being connected therewith at its other end at apoint remote from the first named point.

2. As an article of manufacture a toilet In testimon 1 whereof I havehereunto set u I I article having a plurality of hair engaging my hand,1n the presence of two subscrlbprogect-ions, one of them being provldedon 111g wltnesses.

the inner side thereof with two oppositely PHILIP H. \VATSON. 5 slantingholes, at different distances from Witnesses:

the end thereof and a bow-shaped piece of CHAS, H. BLANCHARD,

wire having its ends set into the same. 1 AUSTIN WV. BLooD.

